Reviews

Web and mobile: December 2013

We review the latest websites and mobile apps

Destination Tyneside, Discovery Museum, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

A new gallery about migration to Tyneside successfully combines a regional story with universal themes, writes Mary Stones

On my bookshelf: David Scott

The Rings of Saturn by WG Sebald

Books

Museums, Health and Well-Being: essential reading for museums involved in healthcare

All About Me, Eureka, The National Children’s Museum, Halifax

Frazer Swift is impressed by an interactive exhibition that really gets children and adults to learn and play together

Ditchling Museum of Art and Craft, East Sussex

A clear vision and respect for its collections has made this one of the best small museums that Penny Ritchie Calder has seen for some time

No. 1 Royal Crescent, Bath

Does Bath Preservation Trust's redevelopment successfully tell the story of No. 1 Royal Crescent? Neil Handley finds out

Nature’s Library, Manchester Museum

Manchester Museum has created another successful gallery out of its enormous natural history collection, writes Dave Freak

Unseen Enemy, National Army Museum, London

This powerful exhibition would be even better if it told the broader story of all the victims, writes Yasmin Khan

Catalogue: An American in London: Whistler and the Thames

Patricia de Montfort on a catalogue that invites readers to look deeper into Whistler's work on London's river

On my bookshelf: Hannah Crowdy

The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes

Web and mobile: November 2013

We review the latest websites and mobile apps